Design of Composites for Exceptional Functional Properties by Maximising the Poisson Effect

本项目将为具有显著不同泊松比的组成相的复合材料的拓扑优化建立一个有效和高效的计算框架。特别是，所提出的研究将集中在利用复合材料的功能性能显著改善时，其中一个组成相的泊松比是负的或接近其不可压缩极限。预期的结果将是一种新的方法和先进的工程设计工具，可用于开发具有特殊性能的新型复合材料。这种新型复合系统将有许多潜在的应用，特别是在航空航天、国防和医疗工业方面。

This project will establish an effective and efficient computational framework for the topological optimisation of composites whose constituent phases possess significantly different Poisson ratios. In particular, the proposed research will be focused on exploiting the dramatic improvements in functional properties of composites when the Poisson ratio of one of the constituent phases is either negative or near its incompressibility limit. The expected outcomes will be a new methodology and an advanced engineering design tool that can be used for the development of a new class of composites with exceptional properties. Such new composite systems will have many potential applications, particularly in aerospace, defence and medical industries.